Have you thought about staying invested in real estate without the headaches of direct management?

They aren't a guest like when you stay in a hotel.

From my understanding you would have to sell the property as a business...a resort style destination with a number of amenities and places to stay.

That is the best case scenario, of course sometimes you get lied to and stalled, that's why it is important to always emply a double strategy and stay a step ahead.

It also has the benefit of being local which is great training wheels as you learn how to be a killer host.Now assuming that you mostly want a cool property to stay in sometimes near water and don't want to spend a ton of time managing I really like the outer banks in NC.

@Carl DieckmannWe have been using University Federal Credit Union and have numerous LLCs with them.

Is it worth buying vs renting given I'll be staying there for 3 years.

Personally, all of my units are full and have stayed full, no one is even late with rent much less behind, and no one is moving.

But, more importantly for future investing (and sanity) stay away from "guru's" and self proclaimed mentor's who have something to sell you.

I don't overcharge but I stay competitive.No ID verification.